← Fame through time1600-1699
The 17th century
Whose working lives fell in the 17th century. Books are measured from 1800 and readers from 2015, so for this period we can say who lived then, not who was talked about then.
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in the 17th century, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1
Gisbertus Voetius0 decades - 2
Balthasar Bekker0 decades - 3
Gerardus Vossius0 decades - 4
Frederik de Wit0 decades - 5
Pieter de Molijn0 decades - 6
Hermann Witsius0 decades
- 7
Philippus van Limborch0 decades - 8
Wilhelmus à Brakel0 decades - 9
Romeyn de Hooghe0 decades - 10
Arnoldus Montanusnot measured- - 11
Campegius Vitringanot measured- - 12Georgius Candidiusnot measured-
- 13
Cornelis Visscher0 decades - 14
Cornelius Steenovennot measured-
- 15Zeger Bernhard van Espen0 decades
- 16
Jan Visschernot measured- - 17
Johannes Hoornbeeknot measured- - 18
Judah Leon Templonot measured- - 19
Johann Leusden0 decades - 20
Willem Baudaertnot measured- - 21
Johannes Lutmanot measured- - 22
Festus Hommiusnot measured-
- 23
Thieleman J. van Braghtnot measured- - 24
Willem Teellincknot measured- - 25
Jacob van Meursnot measured- - 26
Hendrik Barynot measured- - 27
Salomon Saverynot measured- - 28
Christopher Wittichnot measured-
- 29
Jacobus Triglandnot measured- - 30
Constantijn à Renessenot measured- - 31
Salomon van Tilnot measured- - 32Frederik Bloemaertnot measured-
- 33
Johannes Acroniusnot measured-
How to read these rankings
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record. It is not a judgement on the life.
- Fame in print. The curves show how often a name appeared in the books of each decade from 1800 to 2019, drawn from the Google Books Ngram corpus.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, we would rather show nothing than guess.